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Mueang Sing is a historical park
Historical parks of Thailand

Historical parks in Thailand are managed by the Fine Arts Department, a sub-division of the Ministry of Education. There are currently ten parks, with four them registered as World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO....
 in the Sai Yok district
Amphoe Sai Yok

Sai Yok is a district in the Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand....
, Kanchanaburi province
Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. The remains of two Khmer
Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand,Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia....
 temples date to the 13th and 14th century. It was declared a historical park in 1987.

Built in the Bayon
Bayon

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer Empire temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom....
 style, the temple relates to the Khmer kingdom in the reign of King Jayavarman VII
Jayavarman VII

Jayavarman VII was a king of the Khmer Empire in present day Siem Reap. Cambodia. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani....
 (1180 to 1219). A stone inscription of Prince Vira Kumara praising his father, 23 cities are named. One of these cities was named Srichaiya Singhapura, which some scholars identify with Mueang Sing.

The name Mueang Sing first showed in the chronicles of the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), when it was a fortified town protecting the town Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is a town in the west of Thailand and the capital of Kanchanaburi Province Provinces of Thailand. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327....
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Mueang Sing is a historical park
Historical parks of Thailand

Historical parks in Thailand are managed by the Fine Arts Department, a sub-division of the Ministry of Education. There are currently ten parks, with four them registered as World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO....
 in the Sai Yok district
Amphoe Sai Yok

Sai Yok is a district in the Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand....
, Kanchanaburi province
Kanchanaburi Province

Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
, Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. The remains of two Khmer
Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand,Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia....
 temples date to the 13th and 14th century. It was declared a historical park in 1987.

Built in the Bayon
Bayon

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer Empire temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom....
 style, the temple relates to the Khmer kingdom in the reign of King Jayavarman VII
Jayavarman VII

Jayavarman VII was a king of the Khmer Empire in present day Siem Reap. Cambodia. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani....
 (1180 to 1219). A stone inscription of Prince Vira Kumara praising his father, 23 cities are named. One of these cities was named Srichaiya Singhapura, which some scholars identify with Mueang Sing.

The name Mueang Sing first showed in the chronicles of the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), when it was a fortified town protecting the town Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is a town in the west of Thailand and the capital of Kanchanaburi Province Provinces of Thailand. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327....
. In the reform of provincial administration at the end of the 19th century its status was reduced from Mueang to Tambon
Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every Amphoe contains 8-10 tambon....
 (commune).

Four monuments are existing inside the area of 736,000 mē enclosed by a laterite
Laterite

Laterite is a surface formation in hot and wet tropical areas which is enriched in iron and aluminium and develops by intensive and long lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock....
 wall. The southern wall winds along the Khwae Noi river course, while the other three sides are quadratic. The main monument is in the center of the area, northwest of this is are the foundations of a second temple building. The other two monuments are of much smaller scale.